While social media certainly fills a need, people thankfully still recognize the importance of old-fashion face-time. Like it or not, we are a social species requiring interaction with others no matter how hard we try to successfully accomplish everything without asking one another for help. Sharing a meal with others is a fairly common way to satisfy this “social” quota. Restaurants have discovered that technology and community can live in harmony with the assistance of JTECH’s Call4Sure™. When integrated with the GuestAlert ® wireless messaging system, Call4Sure allows you to alert guests that their table is ready via cell phone.

According to comScore, a marketing research company, new data indicates that the use of Facebook and Twitter on cell phones or other mobile devices has greatly increased over the last year. With over 30% of smartphone users accessing social networking sites on a regular basis, cell phones have become a main source of interaction and communication. It’s comfortable, convenient and cost effective. It only makes sense that restaurants tap into this resource as it pertains to the restaurant business alongisde their existing pagers. People are very accustomed to interacting in a technological way and Call4Sure enables restaurants to participate with guests in this form of communication. Not to mention, people enjoy the freedom of not being physically tied down, which is alleviated with Call4Sure since it allows you to communicate with guests wherever cell phone service is available. Here we have the merging of what is now an “old-fashioned” interaction, that being eating together, with current interaction, that being communication by mobile device.